Welcome Home Girlies

In this very first episode of Gospel Girlies, I welcome you to a space where faith, real life, and honest conversations meet. I introduce myself and share the inspiration and vision behind the podcast — the messages and images that led me here. Together, we’ll explore scripture, reflect on everyday faith experiences, and uncover lessons for living boldly and joyfully with God. Get ready to have your heart filled, your soul lifted, and your faith ignited. Together, faith in motion, hearts aligned, and God at the center of every step. Wherever you are in life, here, you are home.

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Hey girlies! Welcome to Gospel Girlies, the Gospel Center podcast for women. I'm your host Angel, and around here, we're about honest faith, real life, and choosing obedience, even when the road doesn't make sense. So get ready to have your hearts filled, your souls lifted, and your faith ignited. What I mean by gospel centered is this Jesus and Scripture are the foundation. Not just faith-adjacent talk, not just good vibes, although the vibes will be good, but real conversations rooted in God's word. We talk life, healing, purpose, relationships, and identity, all through a biblical lens and all with women in mind. This is a come as you are space, but I'm letting you know we're pointing you to Jesus. Before we get into it, let me introduce myself. Again, I'm Angel. I'm from Mobile, Alabama, and from Brandon, Mississippi. I used to not claim Mississippi. And if I'm being honest, I really don't know why. As a young girl, it was just something I chose not to do. But now that I'm in my 30s, I realize Alabama has my heart and Mississippi finished my upbringing. So I can't leave either out. I'm currently in North Carolina and I've been here about three years now. It's been a journey. Man, has it been a journey? And we'll get into all that later. But I can say this: I'm exactly where God wants me to be. Some of my hobbies is binge watching, law and order, special victims unit, some medical shows. I'm getting back into reading and writing. School kind of took that away. Um, but now I've learned that I need to work on balancing all aspects of my life. That means God, that means hobbies, that means work, you know, self-care. And while we're talking about school, I currently have a master's degree in business administration with the concentration in human resources. And I'm currently obtaining my second master's. Yes, you heard correctly, a second master's. I know it wasn't on me, so but in behavior analysis and professional practice, in hopes of becoming a board certified behavior analyst, and we'll also get into that later. Um, I don't have any human children, but I do have a fur baby, and he is a rambunctious three-year-old golden doodle named Blaze, and he's not your typical golden doodle because he's black and he has a white chest. I recently found out that he loves the snow due to the recent snow days that we had. Um, and this was our first like real snow day here. And when I say he loved every bit of it, when I went outside and he was inside, he was whining, like, mom, why are you in out and I'm in? Because what? Um, love him dearly. Um, I think that that, yeah, that sums up me. You know, oh, I was a part of the STEP team my junior and senior year of high school, so there's that. Um, again, I'm 30. I'll be 31 this year in September. Let's not talk about it. But yeah, that's me. So let's get into how Gospel Girlies came about. First of all, I wasn't planning a podcast at all, not one bit, but for months, actually, almost a year, I kept seeing this image. Me sitting in blue chairs with a group of women talking, all holding microphones. I didn't know who they were, I didn't know what we were talking about, I just knew it was a podcast. Also, the vision that I kept seeing, it was blurry, you know, so it wasn't clear, but again, I knew it was a podcast. And because I'm in a season of discerning when something's from God and when something's from my flesh, I brushed it off, you know. Number one, since moving to North Carolina, I've developed this shyness. So me talking on a platform, immediate heebie jeebies, but also because we are in an era of podcasts and social media influencers. I was just like, yeah, that's not me, you know, that's just the flesh creating something because everybody else is doing it. And then also at the same time, one of my good friends started her podcast. Shout out to Matters of the Heart. If you haven't checked it out, please go check it out. It's very informative, it's also God-led. But that image, it kept coming back over and over and over again. So let's talk about the confirmation moment. I joined the Restoration Place Church, and at the new year, we did our 21 days of prayer. In the first seven days, we did in-person prayer. And one night I was talking to one of my friends, and she mentioned that she was thinking about doing a podcast for girls navigating life with God, but she really didn't know what the setup would look like or you know how to get started. But one key thing that she said was, I keep visualizing microphones, and in my head, I'm like, microphones, okay, God, I hear you, and I see you. But even then, I still wasn't fully convinced, and also one thing I do think she said during this conversation was like being on a stage, and that's something that I didn't mention that was in my visualization was we were on a stage in these chairs with these microphones, so instant spirit jump, like all right, God, I see what you're doing there, but like I said, because I was still in the season of discerning, and I am still in this season of discerning um when things are from God and when things of are of my flesh, I wasn't convinced. But the moment that I surrendered and the name came was when I was sitting in the library parking lot waiting for it to open. I was listening to a podcast, matters of the of the heart to be exact, when I saw that same image again, and this time the name was attached. Gospel Girlies. Whew. I was like, okay, God, that's cute, you know. And then I text my friend from prayer night to update her, and I was supposed to be in the library watching lecture videos for school. Um, but after I text her, just like that, three episodes downloaded in my spirit, and I could not go back to my lecture videos until I wrote them down. But even then, again, that season of discerning, I wasn't sure. But I did tell God, okay, I trust you, and here we are. The mission of Gospel Girlies is to be a space for women who love God, are learning to follow Him boldly, and are figuring out what faith looks like in real life. We'll talk obedience, healing, discipline, waiting seasons. Boy, those waiting seasons. And we'll be walking through scripture together. And sometimes I won't be walking this journey alone. I'll be inviting other women to join me, women who are living this out in real time to share what their walk with God has looked like, the highs, the wrestles, and the obedience in between. So, if this aligns with where you are in life, welcome home. Thank you so much for listening. I don't take it lightly that you chose to spend this time here with me. If you enjoyed this episode, I'd love for you to subscribe, share with a friend, or someone you think might need it. Adventure and faith begin today. Remember to walk boldly, live faithfully, and step into God's plan for you because it is greater than anything you can ever imagine. So, I'll see you on the next episode of Gospel Girlies. Bye.